I'm not actually Palestinian, and my Arabic is limited to a few phrases that my friends taught me. I'm just involved in Palestinian solidarity activism.
I'm not convinced that electric cars are a permanent solution either. A tremendous amount of resources go into the manufacture of any sort of car, and the batteries are deadly. I doubt in the future that everyone will be able to get their own vehicle, but when I suggest this, it seems to make a lot of people unhappy.
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Date: 2008-07-22 03:37 am (UTC)I'm not convinced that electric cars are a permanent solution either. A tremendous amount of resources go into the manufacture of any sort of car, and the batteries are deadly. I doubt in the future that everyone will be able to get their own vehicle, but when I suggest this, it seems to make a lot of people unhappy.
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Date: 2008-07-23 06:15 pm (UTC)Re: from rantipole6's journal
Date: 2008-07-23 06:27 pm (UTC)P.S. They figured out that if they add sails to boats, they increase fuel efficiency. Doh!